School employees agree to pay freeze next year
Sean C. Morgan District 55 School Board and classified association representatives Friday finalized a tentative agreement freezing compensation…
Local firm featured
Sean C. Morgan A recent report from the American Forest Foundation features Fun Forest, a Sweet Home family…
Ex-con tells kids how he made good
Sean C. Morgan While serving some 15 years in prison on four different sentences, Dave Dahl finally figured…
Fire season shaping up to be a slow one
Sean C. Morgan Fire season isn’t shaping up to be a big deal in the area this summer,…
Museum exhibit marks Sweet Home’s ties to Civil War
Sean C. Morgan Neither Oregon nor Sweet Home were big players in the Civil War as it unfolded…
Isaiah Blake to play soccer at NCU
Sean C. Morgan Isaiah Blake, a senior at East Linn Christian Academy, signed a letter of intent on…
Firefighters honored for valor
Sean C. Morgan Four Sweet Home firefighters received awards at the Oregon Fire Chiefs Association Meritorious Awards Banquet…
Four chosen to lead SHHS graduation
Sean C. Morgan Caroline Amendola, Krystal Juza and Cheryl Wilson are the 2011 Sweet Home High School valedictorians,…
School budget cuts $1.7 million
Sean C. Morgan School District 55’s proposed 2011-12 budget cuts about $1.7 million in general fund spending from…
Panelists stand by charity budget
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home Budget Committee voted 7-2 to uphold its decision to provide…
Water, sewer rates to remain same in coming year
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Works Department will not seek water and sewer rate increases in…
Budget panel
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home Budget Committee took a second look at the decision it…
Teachers share skills, tips at district peer gatherings
Sean C. Morgan When a teacher finds a technique that works well with students, it should quickly spread…
Mural comes down
Sean C. Morgan After one day and a lot of sand, the 8-year-old mural on the Vets Club…
SHHS drop-out rate decreases 3 percent, according to state report
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School single-year and four-year dropout rates decreased last school year, according to…
City Budget Committee opts for charity
Sean C. Morgan The City of Sweet Home Budget Committee increased proposed expenditures for next year by $33,000…
Councilors take gander
Sean C. Morgan The City Council is considering whether chickens should be given more room to legally dwell…
Proposed ban on e-cigarettes excessive
Sean C. Morgan The School Board has been handed the responsibility to decide whether to ban e-cigarettes, or…
Seniors appreciate bond built over many seasons
Sean C. Morgan At the heart of this year’s Sweet Home softball team, currently ranked eighth in the…
High school switching to seven-period day
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School will switch to a seven-period day next school year in response…
2011 Sportsman’s Holiday Court named
Sean C. Morgan The Chamber of Commerce announced the members of its 2011 Sportsman’s Holiday Court last week.…
Reception bids adieu to library director, staffer
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Library Director Leona McCann and Librarian Velma Cook said goodbye to the library…
New supervising ranger a real people person
Sean C. Morgan U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Cindy Glick is in Sweet Home and “lovin’ it.” She…
SHHS play focuses on how small failures lead to big problem
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School will present its annual play, “The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners”…
Family blames Sam Huxford’s death on results of trauma from the battlefield
Sean C. Morgan Not all of those who die in a war die on the battlefield. Sometimes, they…